Happy Australia Day!!!!!

For our first bout of homesickness, we wish we were there to share Australia Day with you all.

Although we do not get the public holiday, good news is we are on holiday anyway!

Also, happy Chinese New Year. We spent last night with a great group of Aussies at the Four Seasons in Bayswater.

Great duck as expected, but the Paper Bag Pork rocked our world (yes, cooked and presented in a paper bag).

The traditional raw fish/salad mix up for good luck was also really nice to share. As a group, we had to mix the ingredients with our chopsticks as high as we could- the higher you go the more luck you get!!

Today...
Started out with really nice sunny weather for Aus Day. Shot below across the road from the Churchill war rooms in Westminster. Note, it rained heavily 10 mins after and did not stop.

After the National Gallery (we were hoping to see all the Aussies in Trafalgar Sq but not to be...) we walked to Waterloo to do what Aussies do best, have a pub dinner.

Thanks for the Anchor&Hope tip Simon- best ice cream ever (we had seconds) and one of the best terrine. L to R- cuttlefish and ink risotto, terrine and polenta w celeriac, radicchio, Adrahan cheese. The original gastro pub.